TREND? AND OUR TOP STORY: HUNDREDS TURN OUT TO DEBATE THE FUTURE OF THE WATSONVILLE RACE TRACK... #### GOOD EVENING, I'M DAN GREEN AND I'M ERIN CLARK WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE FATE OF WATSONVILLE RACING HANGING IN THE BALANCE AS THE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS CONSIDERED WHETHER OR NOT TO RENEW OCEAN SPEEDWAY'S RACING CONTRACT. THERE HAVE BEEN PLENTY OF NOISE COMPLAINTS FROM ANGRY NEIGHBORS.... AND WITH MORE ON WHAT THE THE FAIR BOARD DECIDED TO DO... HERE'S ACTION NEWS REPORTER TOM MILLER LIVE IN WATSONVILLE. WHEN IT COMES TO WHO WAS HERE FIRST THERE ISN'T MUCH ARGUMENT, THE RACETRACK HAS BEEN GOING FOR 50 YEARS. WELL BEFORE SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS POPPED UP AND THOSE WHO ARE HERE NOW MOVED IN. HOWEVER THERE'S NO QUESTION IT'S LOUD AND TONIGHT THE BOARD DECIDED THAT'S ISN'T WORTH STOPPING THE RACES. RACE NIGHT AT THE SPEEDWAY AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE HERE TO KNOW THERE'S A RACE, ONLY NEARBY. PROBLEM IS LOTS OF HOMES ARE NEARBY, AND 30 TIMES A YEAR DECIBEL LEVELS ARE ALLOWED UP TO 95. ONLY QUIETING DOWN BY 10 AT NIGHT WHEN THEY'RE THEN LIMITED TO A STILL ROARING 75 DECIBELS. 9:48 For a neighbor to be able to have dinner in their house on a Friday night in a peaceful dinner or have company over or sit on their deck at night is not happening the races are just too loud. RANDY REPASS IS PART OF A COMMUNITY GROUP WORKING TO CHANGE THAT. THEY'RE CALLING FOR FEWER RACES, AN EARLIER CURFEW, AND LESS NOISE. 10:12 There are some very loud cars here, all we would like them to do is be a little quieter so we can live our life like we want to live it 10:18 BUT THERE IS OVERWHELMING SUPPORT TO KEEP THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE. HUNDREDS IN THE LOCAL RACING COMMUNITY SHOWED UP AT THE FAIRGROUNDS BOARD MEETING SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF RENEWING OCEAN SPEEDWAY'S CONTRACT WITHOUT CHANGE. AMONG THEM IS BRENT KAEDING. 3:59 My dad raced here at the speedway, my uncle raced, I race at this time and both my sons race here 4:05 KAEDING ALSO OWNS AN AUTO PARTS SHOP THAT RELIES ON THE RACES, AND LIKE SO MANY HERE HE WANTS THINGS TO SAY THE WAY THEY ARE. FOR ITS PART SPEEDWAY MANAGEMENT SAYS IT'S DOING ALL IT CAN TO LIMIT THE NOISE. John Prentice - Ocean Speedway 6:13 We've tried putting up sound walls, 20 foot sound walls that were 30 feet long, 4 prototype mufflers 6:21 6:29 just everything possible that they have asked, we have explored 6:34 AFTER WEIGHING BOTH SIDE'S WORDS THE BOARD VOTED UNANIMOUSLY IN FAVOR OF THE SPEEDWAY RENEWING ITS CONTRACT AND GIVING RACES HERE THE GREEN FLAG FOR YEARS TO COME. SO WHAT EXACTLY GOT APPROVED... IT'S A THREE YEAR CONTRACT STARTING AT 60 THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR AND GOING UP BY THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS IN 2016. MIXED IN WITH ALL THIS IS A LAWSUIT FILED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP AGAINST OCEAN SPEEDWAY CLAIMING IT'S A NUISANCE. IT'S BEEN STAYED THREE TIMES AS BOTH SIDES TRY TO COME UP WITH AN AGREEMENT OUTSIDE OF COURT BUT NEIGHBORS SAY THAT COULD CHANGE WHEN THE MOST RECENT STAY ENDS IN DECEMBER. ### SUPERVISORS IN SANTA